Embroidery-machine.



F. MARSCHALEK. EMBROIDERY MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED v1.22. I914.

Patented Sept. 28, 1915 4 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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EMBROIDERY MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 22. I914. 1,154,872. Patented Sept. 28, 1915.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

F. MARSCHALEK.

EMBROIDERY MACHINE.- APPLICATION FILED APR.22. 1914.

Patented Sept; 28, 1915.

F MARSCHALEK. EMBROIDERY MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.22. 1914.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK MARSCHALEK, OF WEST NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY.

EMBROIDERYJEACHINR Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 28, 1915.

Application filed April 22, 1514. Qerial No. 833,595.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK MARSCHALEK, a subject of the King of Hungary, residing at ,West New York, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Embroidery-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

f This invention relates to embroidery machines,. more particularly to that general class thereof known as Swiss embroidery machines, 7

for use in the makin ashandkerchiefs, pi lo-w cases, collars, etc., a number of which may be carried by the same frame and in which both halves of the work can be completed at the same time, so that a great many articles of the same kind may be made simultaneously. The machine is' therefore not intended for use in the making of embroidery ten or twelve yardslong as is the ordinary Swiss machine.

of the work.

' character needles and borers,

character :1 manually shifted A further object of the invention is the provision of an improved machine of the character described in which a series of independently supported work frames and a series of needles and borers are so supported relatively to .each other that one set of these elements may be shifted relatively to the other in transverse planes according to the, pattern of the work and in the present organization, which is an improvement in part upon my contemporaneously pending application, SerialNo. .827 ,283, filed March 26, 191&, the work frames are shown movable simultaneously in transverse directions relatively to the path of movement of the whereas in said application referred to the needles and bo rers are movable in transverse directions relatively to I the work frames.

of needles and borers one in front of another throughout the length of the machineit being more especiallyadapted of small articles, such described, having a series of sets' and supported yertically relatively to the .work frames.

In the ordinary Swiss embroidery machines, the embroidery frame is usually twelve yards long and is moved up and down and endwise by means of a pantograph, while the needles and borers are supported horizontally or lengthwise of the frame and are simply shiftable'into and out of the work. In the present improvement, however, the work frames are located transverselyef the machine, one behind another, and

may be of any desired size according to the work to be done, so that if the machine is twelve yards long it will accommodate a series of work frames one located behind an other transversely of the machine whereby a large number of articles of similar character may be made at the same time,espeeially as a number thereof may. be'carried on each frame, and the needles and borers, instead; of being supported lengthwise of the frame as in theordinary Swissm'achine, are sup-' ported vertically relatively to the frames, so that for each frame there may be a series of needles and a series of borers, and infthe present improvement all of the frames so" transversely supported may be tively to the needles and borers in transverse planes. In conse uence, in the present or-T ganization, I am a le toprovid'e'tw'o needles i and two borers for each pieceof work, or if the work corresponds iii-size with the frame thena series of needles and a se'riesof bor: ers, one located above another, for each half of the work.

In the drawings accompanying and formn mg part of this specificatiomfFigure 1- end view of this improvedembroidery Ina-1 chine, certain of the dotted line's"illustr ating.

the limit of movement jof'the embroidery frames,- that end of the. machine being illustrated which carries the p'ower drivenmeans for the needles, borers and shuttles; parts of the framework beingshownfbroken awayj' Fig. 2 is a top plan'viei'v, partlybroken away, of this-improved machine; Fig. 3 is what may be c'bnsidered a front view of the machine with a large part the machine broken awayf Fig. 4 is; a detail enlarged view of a portion of the machinejillus'trat mg a needle and a borer carrying means and J the shuttle mechanismfwith the U .-shap ed upright frame member hereinafter referred to broken away; Fig. 5. is a detail sectional view taken in line 55, Fig. 4; and Fig.6

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Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings. I

The framework of the machine in the present instance consists .of four uprights or posts 2, one at each corner of the machine, tied together by transverse members 3 and lengthwise extending members 4 to form a rectangular framework. Across the top and bottom ofthis rectangular framework and extending lengthwise thereof is shown a pair of, frame members 5 and 6, and connecting the parallel topand bottom frame members are uprights or posts 35 hereinafter described, shown spaced apart at prede termined intervals. These "uprights have openings therethrough for the passage of the needle and borer "shafts and the shuttle operating rods or bars hereinafter described.

Supported on the main framework -for x transverse movements is a series of work frames 10, onelocated behind another, and

therefore located transversely of the machine. Each of these frames for carrying the goods orwork to. be embroidered maybe of any suitable form. All of these frames have their top and bottom rails carried by suitably braced bars 11, the being spaced a predetermined distance apart, and these bars 11 are provided with grooves or recesses 12, (see Fig. 4), for the reception of the upper and lower rails of the frames 10 and by means of: which these frames may be readily slid into and out of place. These bars 11 at their opposite ends are tied together by a rectangular frame 13, and each of these rectangular frames is provided with an upward extension 14., Mounted on the top of the main frame, at each end, is a counterbalancing weight 15, the supporting lever 16 of which is pivoted to a bracket 17 and the inner end of this lever 16 is provided with a crotched arm 18 carrying a pair of rolls 19 supporting the crosswise extending bar 20 of the extension 14. Thus it will be observed that the rectangular frame 13 at each end of the machine, tied together by the'bars 11 having the grooves or recesses 12 therein, form as it were a floating structure supported by the counterbalancing weights.

one at each end, and that this floating struc-' ture carries the series of work frames, which may be slid into or out of positionin the manner hereinbefore described. The dotted lines in Fig. 1 illustrate the amount of movement that this floating frame may have lat erally and vertically, in other words in transverse directions. Secured to one of the extensions 14 of this floating frame is a pantograph mechanism, only a part of which is necessary to be shown. as a substantially similar mechanism is shown in my contemporaneously pending application Serial thereof by passin work frames No. 827,283, filed- March 26, 1914. The lever 21 of this p'antograph mechanism is linkedv vertically may be determined. Fixedl 'se-j cured to the bar 20 of the extension 4rv is a slotted member 24, and carried by the rod 23 is a suitable'clamping device 25 by means 24 may be adjusted relatively to each other crosswise of the machine thereby to adjust the frames relatively to the pantogra h, in other words shift the frames latera lyas occasion may .require for the proper use of the pantograph; a

From the foregoing it will be observed that by the movements of the pantograph in the usual way the lever 21 thereof will raise or lower it or shift it sidewise.

For preventing interferencewith the work frames, that is the knocking or striking operators, suitable protectors are provided between each pair of frames, at each side thereof, these consisting simply of upright bars or rods 30, Figs. 1 and 2), outwardly bent, as at 31, and conn'ected by inwardly extending members 32 to apart of the upright frames 35% (see Fig. 4). These protectors are bent on work'frames as occasion may require.

Connected to or integral with the top and bottom lengthwise extending frame members' 5 and 6 are, as hereinbefore stated, a serles of pa1rs of uprights or posts shown as U-shaped casings 35, (see Figs. 5 and 6), there being a pairof these in front of each work frame. In each of'these hollow or U-' shaped supports 35 is located a needle carrying bar 36 and aborer carrying bar 37,

and to the needlecarrying bar is secured a series of needles 38, one above another, and

to the borer carrying bar is secured a series of borers'39,"one above another, and these bars are simply shiftable toward and from .the work frames thereby to insure the proper penetration of the needles and borers into the work at the desired time.

From the foregoing it will thus be seen that the needles are located one above another vertically of the work frames, as are also the borers, and that a needle and. a borer bar is carried in each U-shaped casing, (see Fig. 6), which is open at one side 'to permit the proper forward and backward movement of the needles and borers. These needle and borer bars are provided at the points where the needles and borers are carried with projecting ears 40, (see Fig, 5). the ear of one' bar extending into a curved recess 41 of the other, whereby the needle and borer of each pair may be located one 'ofwhich the rod and theslotted member 7 ward at their upper ends, as at 31, to permit theproper lateral or sidewise movement of the directly above the other. It will thus be seen that the needles and borers are carried by vertical bars extending vertically of the work frames.

For operating the needle and borer bars thereby to shift the needles and borers into and out of the work, suitable mechanism is provided, and for this purpose the upper and lower ends of all the borer and needle carrying bars are connected by shafts which extend through openings or bearings in the uprights hereinbefore referred to, so'that there are-a pair of shafts42 at-the top and apair of shafts 43 at the bottom connected to the borer bars, (see Figs. 3and 4), and a pair of shafts 44 at the top and a pair of shafts 45 at the bottom connected with the needle bars, and these several shafts at the top and bottom of the main frame are in turn connected at the ends of the machine by bell-crank levers generally designated as 46 with connecting rods or levers 47 and 48,

- it being centrics, of

"carrying bars will the levers 47 being connected with the needle bar operating shafts and the connecting bars 48 with the borer bar operating shafts.

At one end of the machine there is located suitable power-driven mechanism, comprising a fast and a loose pulley, designated generally as 50, and on last of which will be referred to hereinafter, forthe purpose of operating the shuttle mechanism. Located above these eccentrics is a series of three spring-pressed rods or plungers 54 and 55 being v tively with 54, 55 and 56, the plungers suitably connected respeca connecting rod 47 and 48 here inbefore referred to, while the rod 56 is connected in; a similar way to the shuttle operating bar -hereinafter referred to. By this mechanism-it will be observed that on the raising and lowering, by means of the ectally extending shafts 42,43, 44 and 45 will, by means of the bell cranks 46, be shifted or reciprocated, back and forth lengthwise ofithe machine, so that the needle and borer likewise be shifted in their 'U-sh'aped casings so that the needles and borers will penetrate and be drawn from the work. From the foregoing it will thus be ob served that on the operation of the pantograp'h manually all of the work frames may be raised and lowered or shifted sidewise' or laterally; in other words, they may be shifted in transverse planes, while, by means of the power-driven mechanism, the needles and borers will be shifted into and out of the work.

Suitable shuttle mechanism is provided for each needle, and as they are all alike a description of one is suflicientr The shuttle the shaft thereof is a series of three eccentrics 51, 52 and 53, the

' the machine and on the end the bars 47' and 48- the llOIlZ011-- drawal ofthe work frames;

rear of its work frame, and the-shuttle is shifted back and forth by a yoke or U--'- shaped member 102 connected by a crank 103 with arod 104, and all ofthese rods of' upright rods 106 and 107. A rod 1107 connects with one of the cross rods and this rod 107 is connected by meansof an arm 57 with the spring plunger 56 operated by the eccentric 53,-whereby the shuttles will in this manner he moved back and forth,

Secured to each upright shuttle operating rod .104 is a work presser 108 forked at its end 109, (see Figs. 4 and 6), and Which is pivotally supported on an upright 35, as at 110. Tlns upright 35 also supports a thread carrying spool 111 and a suitable idler spool or tension'112- around which the thread is wound once, and-from whence it passes to a thread puller113, likewise pivotallyosup" ported, 'as at 114,'on the upright-35, and i which thread puller has a segmental arm I 115 having a slot 116 into which projectsa pin 117 carried vby -anarm 118 secured to the shuttle operating rod 104, whereby the thread puller isoperated onthe reciproca" "tion of the rods 104 in the manner hereinbefore described. Projecting from each shuttle raceway is an arm 120 having 'a- 1rack 121 p in engagement with ya pinion 122 carried by a rotating shaft 123,,which shaft has anotherpinion 124 at its top inrengagement'with; rack segment 125 of a lengthwise'extending bar 126. These bars 126 are inengagementwith pinions, (not shown), carried by a crosswise shaft 12'? located the power end hand, Wheel 1528 Wibe shifted thereby to rotate all. and thereby simultaneously shirt shuttle 'mechanisms awayafronithe work; 1:

frames to permit the insertion or lit will be understood 'thatythe ya i 'ta-ils may be more or less changed.ivi outdeparting from the spiritsand scope cf-this invention, the present embodimentof the machine illustrating one form ofmechanism which may he need for carrying outfit-l7 in vention, and therefore applicant does not limit himself to; the specific mechanisms herein shown or described'for operating several parts. 1 ,1

As hereinbefore stated, each thread passes around the idler spool 112, and fonbraking;

each thread a braking mechanism s provided, this consisting of a rod or bar 200, (see 4 and 5), suitably supported by bearings 201 carried by the rear of the up-c right frame member 35, and these brake members are all operated simultaneously by rack and pinion mechanism 202, (see Fig. 4), the pinions being carried by bars .203, which are manipulated in some suitable manner when it is desired to increase or decrease the tension on the idler spools 112.

I claim as my invention:

1. ,In a machine of the class described, the combination with supporting means, of a series of work frames each of substantially the width of and arranged transversely of the length of the supporting means and carried thereby and located one behind another, needle and borer mechanism, means for shifting the needles and borers and the work relatively to each other sothat such needles and borer will penetrate the work and means for shifting said work frames in transverse planes relatively to. thepath of movement of the needles and borers.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination with supporting means having greater length than width,of a series of work frames carried thereby and located one be hind another transversely of the supporting means, needle and borer mechanism, means for shifting the needles and borers and the work relatively to each other so that such needles and borers will penetrate the work,

and means for simultaneously shifting all of said work frames in'transverse planes relatively to the path ofmovement ofthe needles and borers.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination with supporting means, of a plurality of detachable work frames each of substantially the width of and arranged transversely of the length of the supporting means and carried thereby and located one behind another, needle and borer mechanism, means for shifting the needles and borers into and out of the work, and means for simultaneously shifting all of said work frames in transverse planes relatively to the path of movement of the needles and borers.

4. In a machine of the class described; the combination with supporting 'means, of a plurality of work frames each of substantially the width of and arranged transversely of the length of the supporting means, needle and borer mechanism comprising a series of-needles and a series of borers for said. frame, the needles and borers being located respectively one above another, means for shifting the needles and borers into and out of the work, and means for shifting. said work frame and said needles and borers relatively to each other in trans-- verse planes.

5. In a machine of the class described, the combination with supporting means, of a plurality of work frames each of substantially the width of and arranged transversely of the length of the supporting means, and carried thereby, needle and borer mechanism comprising two series of needles and borers, the needles and borers of each series being located respectively one above another,

means for shiftin the needles and borers intoand out of t e work, and means for 70 shifting said work frame and said needles and borers relatively to each other in transplurality of'work frames each of substantially the width of and arranged transversely of the length of the supporting means and-carried thereby and located one behind another, needle and borer mechanism comprising a'plurality of needles and a plurality of borers for each of said frames, the needles and borers being located res ectively one above another, means for shifting the needles and borers into and out of the work, and means for shiftin said work frames and said needles and %orers relatively to each other in transverse planes.

7. In amachine of the class described, the combination with a floatin supporting means, of a plurality of work rames each of substantially the width of and arranged transversely of the length of the supportlng means and carried thereby and located one behind another, needle and borer mechanism comprising a plurality of needles and a plurality of borers for each of said frames, the needles and borers being located res ectively one above another, means for shi ting the needles and borers into and out of the work, and means for shifting said floating supporting means in transverse planes relatively tothe path of movement of the needles and borers.

8. In'a machine of the class described, the combination with a floating supporting means, of a plurality of work frames each of substantiall the width of and arranged transversely o the length of the supporting means and carried thereby and located one behind another, needle and borer mechanism comprising a plurality of needles and a plurality of borers for each of said frames, the needles and borers being located respectively one above another, power-driven means for shifting the needles and borers into and out of the work, and manually operative means for shifting said floating supporting means in transverse planes relatively to the path of movement of the needles and borers.

9. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a floating supportin frame, of a plurality of detachable wor frames each of substantially the width of and arranged transversely of the length of the supporting means and carried thereby and located one behind another, needle and borer mechanism comprisin two arallel sets of needles and borers, t e n es and borers of each set being located respectively one. above another, means for shifting the needles and borers into and out of the work,

and means for shifting said-floating sup porting frame in transverse planes relatively to the path of movement of the needles and borers. i

10. In a machine of the class described,

the combination withwork supporting -I11fl115,*0f a plurality of work frames each therefor. and comprising a vertically sup ported series of needles and borers, the nee- 11 In a machine of dies. and borersfbeing located respectively one above another, and means for shifting said needles and borers into andout of the work.

the class described, the combination, with work supporting means, of a series of work frames spaced apart one from another, each of substantially the width of and arranged transversely of the length of the supporting means and needle and borer mechanism comprising two vertically supported series of needles and borers, the needles and borers of each series being located respectively one above another,

and means for shifting] said needles and borers into and out of the work.

12 In a machine ofthe class described, thejcombination with supporting means. of a series of independent work supporting frames eachof substantially the width of and arranged transversely of the length of the-supporting means and located one behind another, a series of sets of needles and borers likewise located one behind another, means for shifting the'needles and borers into and out of the Work, andineans forshift ing all of said work frames simuh taiieously'in transverse paths relatively to. a j the needles andfborers.

""13; In amachine of the'class described,

the combination with supporting means, of-

.a work frame carried thereby, a vertically locatedlneedle" carrying bar and a vertically located' borer carrying bar in-ffrontof said fra e," and means for shifting said bars toward andfrom'. the frame.

l lgIn a mach'ne-of the class described,

- the combination with supporting means, of

' a work" frame carried thereby, a vertically located needle carrying bar and a vertically located borer carrying bar in front of said frame, meansforshifting said bars toward iand j fronitheframe, and mean's 'for shifting "saichbarsand said frame .relziti velyto each other initransverse paths.

1.5. In a machine of'the classdescribe'd,

the combination with supporting means,- of a workframe carried thereby, a vertically r located needle carrying bar and 'a verticaliy located borer carrying bar in front of said frame,'a plurality of needles carried the one above another, and means for shifting said. bars towardand from the work frame. 16. In a machine of the class described,

the combination with supporting means, of

a work frame carried thereby, a vertically located needle carrying bar and a vertically located borer carrying bar in front of said frame, a plurality of-ne'edles carried by the needle bar and a plurality of borers carried by the borer bar and located respectively one above another, means for shifting said bars toward and from the work frame, and

means for shifting said barsand said frame relatively to each other in transverse paths.

17. In a machine of the class described, the combination; with supporting means, of a work frame carried thereby, a vertically located needle carrying bar and a vertically located borer carrying bar in frorlt of said frame, nieansfor shifting said bars toward and from the frame, and means for shifting said frame in transverse paths relatively to the paths of movement of the needles and b'ore'rs. 1

p 18. In a machine of the class described, the combination with supporting means, of a work frame carried thereby, a vertically located needle carrying bar and a vertically located borer carrying bar in frontof said frame, a plurality of needles carried by the needle bar and a plurality of borers carried by the borci-fbar and located respectively one in front of said frame, and means for shifting said bars toward and from the frame.

20. In a machine of the --class described,

the combinationwith supporting means, of

a work frame carried thereby, a pair of vertically located needle carrying bars and a pair of vertically located borer carrying bars in front of said frame, means for shifting said bars toward and from the frame, and means for shifting said bars and said frame relatively to each other in transverse paths.

- -2l -.'=-=In-a. machine of the class: described,

thecdmbination with supporting means,of a work framelcarriedthereby, a pairiof verr tically filocated needle carryingfbarsand a pair of'vertica-lly'located borer carrying bars in front of said frame, a plurality of needles carried by..each of said needle bars and a plurality of borers carried by each of \said" borer bars, the needles and borers being located respectively one above another, and

in front of said frame, a plurality of needles carried by each of said needle bars and a plurality of borers carriedby each of said borer bars, the needles and borers being located respectively one above another, means for shifting said bars toward and from the work frame, and means for shifting said bars and said frame relatively to each other in transverse paths. a

23. In .a machine of the class described, the combination with supportin means, ofa plurality of work frames carried thereby and located one behind another, a vertically located needle carrying bar and a vertically located borer carrying bar in front of each of said frames, and means forshifting each of said bars toward and from its frame.

24. In a machine of the class described, the combination with supportin means, of a plurality of work frames carried thereby and located one behind another, a vertically located needle carrying bar and a vertically located borer carrying bar in front of each of said frames, means for shifting each of said bars toward and from its frame, andmeans for shifting said bars and said frames relatively to each other in transverse paths.

25. In a machine of the class described, the combination with supporting means, of a .plurality of work frames carried thereby and located one behind another, a vertically located needle carry ng bar and a verticall located borer carrying bar in front ofeac of said frames, means for shifting each of said bars toward and'from its frame, and means for shifting said work frames in transverse paths relatively :to the path of movement of the needles and borers.

26. In a machine of the class described, the combination with supporting means, of a series of work frames carried thereby and located one behind another, a pair of vertically located needle carrying bars and a pair of vertically located borer carrying bars in front of each of said frames, and means for shifting each of said bars toward and from its frame.

27. Ina machine of the class described, the combination with supporting-means, of a series of work frames carried thereby and located one behind another, a pair of vertically located needle carrying bars and a pair of vertically located borer carrying bars in front of each of said frames, means for shifting eachof said bars toward and from its frame, and means for shifting said bars and said frames relatively to each other in transverse paths.

28. In a machine of the class described, the combination with supporting means, of a series of work frames carried thereby and "located one behind another, a pair of vertically located needle carrying bars and a 10 pair of vertically located borer carrying bars 1n frontof each of said frames, means for shifting each of said bars toward and from its frame, and means for shifting said frames in transverse paths relatively to the path of II movement of the needles and borers..-

29. In a machine of the class described. the combination with supporting means, of a work frame carried thereby, a vertically loca'ted needle carrying bar and a vertically located borer carrying bar in front of said frame, each having a projecting overlapping portion for carrying a working implement whereby said implements will be in alinement, and means for shiftingsaid bars to- Ward and from the frame.

30. In a machine of the class described, the combination with supporting means, of a work frame carried thereby, a vertically located needle carrying bar and a vertically located borer carrying bar in front of said frame, each having a series of projections,

the projection of one bar overlapping a com pamon projection; of the other bar. workmg implements carried by said projections whereby they are in vertical alinement, and means for shifting said bars toward andfrom the frame.

31. In a machine of the class described, the combination with floating supporting 'means. of a plurality of work frames'carried thereby andlocated one behind another, means for shifting all of said work frames in transverse paths relatively to the path of movement of the needles and borers a vertically located needle carrying bar and a vertically located borer carrying bar in front of each of said frames, means connecting all of the borer bars, means connecting all "of the-needle bars, and means for shifting all of said borer bars and needle bars toward and from the frames.

32. In'a machine of the class described, the combination with floating supporting means, of a plurality of work frames car- 116 ried thereby and located one behind another, means for shifting all of said work frames in transverse paths relatively to the path of movement of the needles and borers a pair of vertica-lly'located needle carrying bars 120 and a pair of vertically located borer carrying bars infront of each of'said frames, means connecting all of the borer bars, means connecting all of the needle bars,'and means for shifting all of said borer bars and needle 1 bars toward and.from the frames. 33. In a machine of the class described, the combination with floating supporting means, of a plurality of work frames carried thereby and located one behind another, [so

means for shifting all. of said work frames in transverse paths relatively'to the path of movement of the needles and borersavertically located-'needlecarrying bar and a vertically located borer carrying bar in front of each of said frames, aseries of needles located one above another carried by each of said needle bars and a series of borers located one above another carried by each of said borer bars, the. nedles and borers being located in pairs and. one in vertical alin'ement with the other, means connecting all of the borer bars, means connecting all of the needle bars, and me'ansfor shifting all of .said borer bars and. needle bars toward and fromithe frames 34. 'Ing machine of the class described,

, the oombrnation with floating supporting --means, of

a plurality of work frames carried thereby and located one behind another,

vmeans forjshifti-ngall of said work frames intransverse paths relatively to the path of movement of the needles and borers a pair of vertically located needle carrying bars and a pair of vertically located borer carry-- ing barsin front of each of said frames, a ser es of needles located one above another carried by each of said needle bars and a series of borers located one above another carried by each of said borer bars, the

needles and borers being located in pairs and one in vertical alinement with the other,

; means I connecting all of the borer bars,

means connecting all of the needle bars and means for shifting all of said borer bars and needle bars ,toward and from the frames;

35, In a machine of the class described, the combination with floating supporting means, of a plurality of workframes car-- ried thereby and located onev behind another,'means for shifting all of said work "framesfin transverse paths relatively to the pathof movement of the needles andv borers, a .pair of vertically located needle carrying bars and a pair of vertically located borer carrying bars in front of each of said frames, means connecting all of the borer bars, means connecting all of the needle bars, means for shifting all of said borer bars and needle bars toward and from the frames, and a U-shaped casing for jux taposed needle and borer bars.

36. In a .machine of the class described, the combination with floating supporting means, of a plurality of work frames carried thereby and located one behind another,

' meansfor 'shifting all of-saidwork frames in transrerse paths relatively to the path of movementof the needles and borers a pair of vertically located needle carrying bars and a pair of vertically located borer carrying barsrin front of each of said frames, a

series .of needles located one above another carried by each of said needle bars and a series of borers located one above anothercarshifting allof said borer bars and needle rfed byeac'h of said borer bars the needles and borers being located in pairs and one in vertical alinement with the other, means connecting all of the borer bars, means connecti'ng all of the needle bars, means for bars toward and from the frames, and a U- shaped casing for juxtaposed needle and borer bars.

3'7. In a machine of the class described, the combination of framework, reciprocate ing shafts extending lengthwise and located adjacent tothe top and bottomofsaid, framework, means for reciprocating said shafts, upright needle and borer bars connected with said shafts formovement therewith andiadapted to harry .needles-andvbon ers, and a plurality of work supporting frames carried by said framework and located one behind another; r j i .35

38. In 'a,machine ofothe class described, the. combination of framework, reci rocating shafts extending lengthwise and ocated adjacent to the top and bottoma of said:

framework, means for. reciprocating said '90 shafts, upright needle and borerj biarsconn'ected'with said shafts formovementthere with and adapted -to carry needles and borers, a plurality of work supporting frames carriedby said framework and located one behind another, and means for shifting all of said work frames simultaneously in transverse paths relatively tothepath of movement of the needles and borers I I 39, In, a machine of the clajss described,

the combination of framework, reciprocat i13 shafts extending lengthwise and located a facent to the top and'bottom l of said framework, means for reciprocating said shafts, upright needle and borer bars connected with said shafts for movement there} I with and adapted to c'arry iieedlesQand'b ers, a pluralityof work supporting; a carried by said frameworkandQlocated one i behind another, and meansshifting zfllil p of said work frames simultaneously in transverse paths, each of said work :f-ram es fh i ing a plurality of borercarrying and plu rality of -needle carryin bars 'in' front thereof. v I ,5.

and means for shifting said frames in trans-' verse paths rela tively to the path 'of movement of the needles 'andborers. g

41. In a machine of the class describedf ll substantially the width of and arrangedthecombination with su porting means, of a series of work supporting frames each of needles and borers for each frame comprising aplurality of pairs thereof located in sets one above another.

42. In a macliin'e of the class described the combination withsupporting means, of a work supporting frame, needle andborer mechanism therefor, shuttle mechanism, means for operating said shuttle mechanism, and a work presser. connected with the shuttle operating mechanism.

43. In a machine of the class described,

the combination with supporting means, of

a work supporting frame, needle andborer mechanism therefor, shuttle' mechanism, means for operating said shuttle mechanism, and a thread puller connected with the shuttle operating mechanism.

' 44. In a machine of the class described, the combination with supporting means, of a work supporting frame, needle and borer mechanism therefor, shuttle' mechanism, means for operating said shuttle mechanism, a workpresser connected with the shuttle operating mechanism, and a thread puller a so mechanism.

45.'In a machine of the class described, the combination with supporting means, of a -work supporting frame, needle and borer mechanism therefor, shuttle mechanism, means for shifting the shuttle mechanism away from the work frame, means for opcrating shuttle mechanism, a work presser connected with the shuttle operating means,

and a thread puller also connected with the shuttle operating means.

46. Ina machine of the class described, the combination with supporting means, ofa work supporting frame, needle and borer mechanism therefor, shuttle mechanism comprising a raceway, a U-shap'd member engaging the shuttle for shift-mg it, means for operating said U-shaped member, means for shiftingthe shuttle mechanism away from the worlcframe, and a work presser connected with the shuttle operating mechanism. r

47. In a machine of the class described, the combination with supporting means, of a work supporting frame, needle and borer mechanism therefor, shuttle mechanism comprising a raceway, a U-shaped member engaging the shuttle for shifting it, means connected with the shuttle operating for operating said U-shaped member,- means for shifting the shuttle mechanism away from the work frame, anda thread puller connected with the shuttle operating mechanism.

48. In a machine of the class described, the combination with supporting means, of a work supporting frame, needleand borer mechanism therefor, shuttle mechanism comprising a raceway, means for operating the shuttle therein and including a reciprocatory member, a work presser connected with said reciprocatory member, and a thread puller also connected with said reciprocatory member.

49. In a machine of the class described, the combination with supporting means, of a work supporting frame, needle and borer mechanism therefor, shuttle mechanism comprising a raceway, means for operating said shuttle within its raceway and comprising a vertical reciprocating shaft and 7 means for reciprocating said shaft, and a work )resser connected with said shaft.

50-. n a machine of the class described, the combination with supporting means, of a work supporting frame, needle and borer mechanism therefor, shuttle mechanism comprising a raceway, means for operating said shuttle within its raceway and comprising a vertical reciprocating shaft and means for reciprocating said shaft, and a thread puller connected with said shaft.

51. In a machine of the class described, the combination with supporting means, of a work supp rting frame, needle and borer mechanism therefor, shuttle mechanism comprising a raceway, means for operating said shuttle within its raceway and-comprising a vertical reciprocating shaft and means for reciprocating said shaft, a work presser connected with said shaft, and a thread puller also connected with said shaft.

In a machine of the class described, the combination with supporting means, of a work supporting frame. needle and borer mechanism therefor, shuttle mechanism comprising a raceway, means for operating said shuttle within its raceway and comprising a vertical reciprocating shaft and means for reciprocating said shaft, a work presser connected with said shaft, a' thread puller also connected uith said shaft, and means for shifting the shuttle away from the work frame.

- 53. In a machine of the class described, the combination with supporting means, of a series of work supporting frames located one behind another each of substantially the width of and arranged transversely of the length of the supporting means, needle and borer mechanism for each of said frames, shuttle mechanism for each of said frames and likewise located one behind another, means for operating'said shuttle mechanisms, and means-connected with allof the shuttle mechanisms for shifting them away from the work frames.

54, In a machine of the class described, I

the combination with framework, of a floating frame carried thereby, means for shift ing said frame in transverse paths relatively to the path ofmovement of the needles and borers a series of work frames detachably carried by said floating frame and located one behind another, shuttle mechanism for each of said frames and likewise located one behind another, means for simultaneously shifting all of the shuttle mechanisms away from the frames thereby to permit the same to be removed from their floating siipporting means, one or more vertically supported needle bars and one or more vertically supbehind another, means for simultaneously shifting all of the shuttle mechanisms away from the frames thereby to permit the same to be removed from their floating supporting means,on'e or more vertically supported 'needl'e bars and one or more vertically supported borer bars for each of saidframes', means for shifting said bars' toward and from the frames and each of said bars carryinga plurality of working implementslocated one above another, and work presser means and thread pulling means connected with each of said shuttle mechanisms.

1 5. In a machine of the class described, the combination with framework, of a series of independent work supporting means, each of substantially the width of and arranged transversely of the length of said framework, a. series of sets of needle and borer means, mechanism for shifting the needle and borer means and the work supporting means relatively to each other so that the needle and borer means will penetrate the work, and means for shifting one of said means in transverse paths relatively tothe other. ii

57. In a machine of the class described, the

combination with framework having greater length than transverse width, of a series ofindependent work supporting means located transversely of the framework, a series of sets of needle and borer means, mechanism for shifting the needle and borer means and the work supporting means relatively to each other so that the needle and borer means will penetrate the work, and means for shifting one of said means in transverse paths relatively to the other.

58. In a machine of the class described, the combination with framework, of a seriesof detachable and independent work sup- I porting means, each of substantially the width of and arranged transversely of the length of said framework and carried thereby, a series of sets of needle and borer means located one behind another, mechamsm for shifting the needle and borer means into and out of the work, and means for shifting one of said means in transverse paths relatively to the other.

59. In a machine of the class described, the combination with framework, of a series of independently supported WOIki supporting means located one behind another and each of substantially the width of and ar-' ranged transversely of the length of said framework, a series of sets of needle and borer means independently supported for each work supporting means, mechanism for shifting said. needle and borer means into and out of the work, and means for shifting one of said means in transverse paths relatively to the other.

60. In a machine of the class described, the combination with supporting means, of

a series of work supporting frames each of substantially the width of and arranged transversely of the length of said supporting means and carried thereby and located one behind another, a series of sets of needles and borers, each set comprising plurality of needles and borers for each frame, and

means for shifting the needles and borers into and out of the work.

61. In a machine of the class described, the combination with supporting means, of a plurality of work supporting frames, each of substantially the width of and arranged transversely of the length of said supporting means, needle and borer mechanism comprising a plurality of needles and a. plurality of borers for each frame, and means for shifting the same into-and out of the work whereby both halves-of a piece of work can be completed at the same time.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 17th day of April, 1914.

FRANK MARSCHALEK.

Witnesses:

F. E. Boron,

W. L. BAKELAR. 

